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Max Fatchen (1920–2012)

Author of Australia at the beach

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About the Author

Includes the name: M. Fatchen

Works by Max Fatchen

Australia at the beach (1999) 44 copies

Wry Rhymes for Troublesome Times (Puffin Books) (1983) 19 copies

A Paddock of Poems (Puffin story books) (1987) 17 copies

Songs for My Dog and Other Wry Rhymes (1982) 16 copies

The Spirit Wind (1973) 15 copies

The Country Mail Is Coming: Poems from Down Under (1990) 15 copies

The River Kings (1966) 13 copies

Chase Through the Night (1978) 8 copies

The river kings ; The spirit wind (1982) 5 copies

Howzat! : a celebration of cricket (2005) 5 copies

A Pocketful Of Rhymes (1989) 5 copies

The Very Long Nose of Jonathan Jones (2000) 5 copies

Tea for Three (1994) 5 copies

Fatchen Max : Closer to the Stars (R/I) (1983) 4 copies

A Country Christmas (1990) 3 copies

Mostly Max: the Musings of Max Fatchen (1995) 2 copies

Forever Fatchen (1983) 2 copies

Poetry All Sorts (2006) 2 copies

Terrible Troy (2000) 1 copy

The time wave (1978) 1 copy

Songs for My Dog and Other People (1980) 1 copy

Flodens konger (1970) 1 copy

Peculiar Rhymes and Lunatic Lines (Poetry & folk tales) (1995) 1 copy

There and back : A cameo of travel interstate 1 copy

Just Fancy Mr. Fatchen: A Collection of Verse, Prose, and Fate's Cruel Blows (1967) 1 copy

Królowie rzeki 1 copy

Associated Works

Going Barefoot and Other Poems (1987) — Contributor — 18 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Fatchen, Maxwell Edgar
Birthdate: 1920-08-03
Date of death: 2012-10-14
Gender: male
Nationality: Australia
Birthplace: Smithfield, South Australia, Australia
Place of death: Gawler, South Australia, Australia
Occupations: journalist
columnist
children's book author
Organizations: Adelaide Advertiser
Awards and honors: Order of Australia (Member ∙ 1980)
Walkley Award For Broadcast Interviewing (1996)

Members

Lists

Boy/girl trees/nature/water etc cover--children's/YA fiction (1)

Kidnapping -- children's/young adult fiction (2)

A Child's Book Tour of Australia (1)

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up (1)

Awards

By Award By Work

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

The Spirit Wind (2009.0858, 2009, Ages 12↑)

CBCA Book of the Year

A Country Christmas (Notable Book – Picture Book – 1991)

A Paddock of Poems (Puffin story books) (Honour Book – Younger Readers – 1988)

Fatchen Max : Closer to the Stars (R/I) (Shortlist – 1982)

The Spirit Wind (Honour Book – Highly Commended – 1974)

The River Kings (Honour Book – Commended – 1967)

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Statistics

Works: 26
Also by: 1
Members: 193
Popularity: #113,337
Rating: ½ 3.6

ISBNs: 45
Languages: 3

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation obituary

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